"Mike Tullett" wrote in message
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On Sat, 9 Oct 2004 07:40:02 +0100, Paul Appleby wrote in
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I'm lucky enough to be going on a flight to see the Northern Lights on
or
about the 10th of December. Now I know I've read with interest some
discussions on the Northern lights on this NG, and wondered if anyone
knows
where there might be a forecast for activity on the date mentioned.

The aurora are even more difficult to forecast than the weather - even at
only 12 hours' notice. Here are a couple of sites you can check for
current activity.

http://www.dan.sp-agency.ca/www/rtoval.htm

http://www.spacew.com/www/aurvis.gif

http://www.dcs.lancs.ac.uk/iono/aurorawatch/

At the last one you can sign up to receive email alerts when high activity
is likely.

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For info, I have been subscribed to the lancaster uni facility since July.
In that time there has been one amber alert ... no red alerts and no
aurorae.
I did not know one could 'book' to see one ....

Gianna